Busy times

We know this is always a busy time of year, but this year seems to be busier than ever! We have so much to tell you all, so we'd better get started!

Recent Rehomes

Over the last few months we have rehomed the gorgeous George, the beautiful Gracie, handsome Hugo and the lovely Ziggy!

George

George was rehomed to Nick in Bury, and spends his days with him, working in his pub! What a life!

Gracie

The beautiful, spotty Gracie was rehomed to Bury in Lancashire, who is now settled with her two basset siblings.

Hugo

Hugo is now living with Gary and Fiona in beautiful York. He's settling well.

Ziggy

Little Ziggy went to foster in Edinburgh with Kayreen, and was adopted pretty much straight away! One of our quickest foster fails!

Thank you to all our team who helped in the transporting, fostering, and homechecking for these beautiful dogs. We wish them all the very best in their new homes.

Fostering

Now, while we are feeling all warm inside after reading about our recent hounds who have fallen on their feet, can we take a minute to talk about fostering? We are in the middle of one of our busiest periods ever here at BRNGB with around 16 dogs in our foster system with more on the way. We really need foster homes for these beautiful dogs, to be given another chance to get the home they deserve.

Perhaps you have been thinking about fostering for a while? Maybe now is the time to fill in that form and take the plunge! Fostering is so incredibly rewarding, to see a hound reach his potential, and find his own space on a sofa.

A Poem to my Foster Dog

I am the bridge

between what was and what can be.

I am the pathway to a new life.

I am made of mush,

because my heart melted when I saw you,

matted and sore, limping, depressed,

lonely, unwanted, afraid to love.

For one little time you are mine,

I will feed you with my own hand,

I will love you with my own heart,

I will make you whole.

I am made of steel,

because when the time comes,

when you are well and sleek,

when your eyes shine and your tail wags with joy,

then comes the hard part.

I will let you go not without a tear,

but without a regret.

For you are safe forever,

A new dog needs me now.

Diane Morgan

Please consider fostering. We can give you all the help you'll need, plus online access to our friendly forum where you can chat and share with other fosterers.

Organisation changes

You may know that our team has expanded again!

Faced with more hounds needing homes, we've now become a team of 7! We've welcomed Demi Stroud and Dawn Gilchrist onto the team, to help us grow and develop. We are in the process of updating our email addresses to reflect our .org.uk website address and they will be changing on the "Contact Us" part of the front page.

To make us a more efficient rescue, we have decided to section up the country, so people will have a name and a contact to see them through the whole process, from old owner to new. This will take time to embed, so please bear with us as we do this, but to give you an idea, this is how we intend it to be:

Sam Morgan (Chair) - Wales and South West

Sam Savage (Treasurer) - Midlands

Louise Nicholls (Secretary) - South East

Gareth Williams- North East

Demi Stroud- North West and Yorkshire

Dawn Gilchrist - Scotland

Gillian Kent - Fundraising

A massive thanks to the one member of the team who's rarely seen, Jeff Slough, who does all the website and email work behind the scenes. Thank you, Jeff.

Christmas Party 2016

The time is coming when we can cover ourselves tinsel and get into the Christmas Spirit! We will be partying with lots of you next week, but don't forget, if you can't make it, you can be a part of it by purchasing raffle tickets, which are available online until Saturday 3rd December! Follow the link below if you'd like to buy a strip or two, at only £1 a strip it's definitely worth it! Your money goes directly to helping a basset in need, and every penny helps!

A Few Of Our Success Stories

Winnie

Snoopy

Sandy

Pippa

Pheobe

Murdoch

Lady

Harvey

Buckley

Without BRNGB I would not now be proudly owned by the delightful Cooper. I was already owned by Lizzie & Dylan beagle and our old cocker Pip, but Cooper introduce me to the wonderful world that is bassets. He is a delight to have, and I believe you could not be sad for long with a basset. BRNGB were lovely during the adoption process, and although I have not experienced any problems I couldn't manage with Cooper, I have always felt I had a whole lot of support if I needed it.

Sue Black

BRNGB are an outstanding charity run by some of the most amazing people you'll ever meet. I cannot thank Lou and Sam enough for all their constant support and reassurance. The support we receive from the network of followers is incredible. We are just two weeks into having our new boy Alfie and its safe to say that he has fit in so well. Despite his little complications and initial struggles with moving from home to home, he is slowly settling in and has made a companion for life with our other boy Chester. Every bit of progress has been made possible because of the support we've received and continue to receive from BRNGB..

Harriet Bowers

Rufus joined us 5 weeks through this fantastic network , having explained my situation that I had 9 year old bassett who had recently lost his beloved berty who was 14 , he needed a companion , rufus is a match made in heaven , from the first call from sam to the transporting of rufus from somerset to sunderland , everything was so well organised , they are a fantastic team , very helpful and friendly , thank u too you all xxxx

Wendy Ventress

We've not been able to rescue a basset full time, but we have helped Norra and Albert as fosters and seen them to their forever homes. It's been so rewarding. We hope to continue to help as much as possible. I know that the donations I send are used directly to help out bassets around the UK so am more than happy to do this. The team at BRNGB are amazing. Helpful, kind, go above and beyond, so experienced and have a wealth of knowledge and advice that they are more than happy to share. They have made soooo many houndies, their forever hoomans and their little helpers along their journey's happy beings

Debs Irwin

After losing our dear Henry (basset) last august at the dear old age of fourteen, we felt so lost, we knew that we had to get another one !. A friend suggested a rescue basset ,and we are so very glad we did !!, We have now had dear Basil for almost four months now, ( thanks to this lovely group and Louise ! ) we had to travel a long way to get him though but he is so worth it !!. Basil is just over a year old and did have a couple of issues, separation anxiety was a bit of a challenge but we worked through it and got a lot of advice , he has now got over this !!, we really wouldn't be without him !!